Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing · Wisconsin

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc.

Sun Prairie, WI · ~120 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc.: 8.4 TCR = 256% of Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. safety composite

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc.: 3.8 → 14.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 22.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2023

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc.'s TCR rose 10.7 from 3.8 in 2018 to 14.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 22.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325510 · Sun Prairie, WI ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 256% of ind

  • DART 14.4 DART
  • RANK #23/24
  • PHOTO IFS Coatings Ardmore
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~120 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IFS Coatings Ardmore (0.1 TCR gap)

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Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. averages 8.4 TCR (256% of the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. TCR series: 2018=3.8 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=22.6 · 2021=4 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=14.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. falls in its industry

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 24 Architectural coatings (i.e., employers in Wisconsin.

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. (120 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc.
Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. (120 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 70 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. has more employees than the Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 14.4 14.4 1 0 0
2022 3.7 1.5 5 0 0
2021 4.0 0.8 5 0 0
2020 22.6 2.3 20 0 0
2019 2.1 0.7 3 0 0
2018 3.8 0.0 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325510 · WI · Sun Prairie

530 Architectural coatings (i.e., paint) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 69 employers in Sun Prairie, WI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR IFS Coatings Ardmore 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ChromaScape Kentucky 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR ATLAS PUTTY PRODUCTS COMPANY 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chromaflo Technologies 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Creekwood 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barron Breeder Farms 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE STgenetics-Fond du Lac 120 FTE
STATE-SIZE A-1 Excavating LLC 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sun Prairie Location 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1267 286 FTE
CITY-NEAR SUN PRAIRIE GENERAL OFC 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR CB Sun Prairie 275 FTE
NAT-TCR TIS - PA - Morrisville 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ACR Home on 178th 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Leaf Manor North 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cogent Waste Solutions LLC 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yorkville 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toray Membrane USA, Inc. 120 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stop & Shop 100808 120 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.